Wasco-Umatilla-Marion County OR Archives Obituaries.....Colwell, Robert "Bob" Fred September 22, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, October 3, 2005
     Robert “Bob” Fred Colwell, 83, a former resident of The Dalles, died 
Sept. 22, 2005 in Solvang, Calif., where he was recuperating from a recent 
surgery. 
     He was born Oct. 1 1921 in Loveland, Colo., and was the third son of a 
family of six children.
     He graduated with the class of 1939 in Castle Rock, Colo. 
     The family moved from Colorado to Milton-Freewater, Ore., in the early 
forties and he joined the United States Marine Corps in 1941. 
     He was stationed in Eniwetok, the Solomon Islands and the Marshall 
Islands, which were the largest battles of the Pacific. 
     He was discharged as a Sargent with medals as a sharpshooter. 
     He saw action in the Pacific and was a military heavy equipment operator 
in the Solomon Islands. 
     Upon returning from the war, he married June Stewart of Milton Freewater 
and the couple soon relocated to The Dalles, where he worked as an operating 
engineer in construction of The Dalles Dam, 30 years working as a heavy 
equipment specialist, boat builder and manager of various concrete plants 
throughout the Mid-Columbia area. 
     Upon retirement in 1984, he enjoyed restoring automobiles and farm 
equipment. 
     He and June moved to Woodburn, Ore., in 1985. He was preceded in death by 
his wife in 1995. 
     In the later years of his life, he moved to Kelseyville, Calif., where he 
enjoyed warmer weather and his continued hobbies. 
     In 2004 he moved to Solvang, Calif., where he lived with his daughter and 
son-in-law, Connie and Nelson Schneider. 
     Bob is survived by his two children, Connie Schneider, Solvang, Calif., 
and Stephen Colwell, Bend, and 5 grandchildren. He is also survived by three 
sisters, Mrs. Neva Mae Hundtoft, Newport, Bettie Sue Japhet, Auburn, Wash., 
and Bessie Belle Gillock, Long Beach, Wash. 
     Memorial services are being held in Solvang, and family services and 
internment will be held Oct. 7, 2005 in Santa Rosa, Calif. 


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Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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